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WILLIAM ABBS, Ridgeville, Ridgeville Corners, p.
o., was born in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1837, and
was a son of Adna and Elizabeth (Wilson) Abbs,
who emigrated to, and settled in Saratoga county, N. Y.,
in 1851, where Adna died in 1871 leaving a widow
and eight children. William enlisted in the
13th New York Marine Artillery, Company F, Jan. 4, 1864;
was mustered out of the 6th New York Heavy Artillery,
Company H, Aug. 26, 1865, at Washington. He
settled in Ridgeville in 1866 and became engaged in the
lumber business and in 1873 he turned his attention
toward farming. He was married Dec. 20, 1866, to
Mrs. Polly (Welder) Thompson. They had one
child, Lizzie Ann. Mrs. Polly's first
husband was Mr. Isaac Thompson, who was born in
Bangor, Maine, in 1832 and died in 1865, leaving four
children: R. A., M. J., L. C. and Ida E.
Isaac enlisted in the 12th Ohio Cavalry in 1863,
was taken prisoner at Richmond, wounded, and died Apr.
14, 1865. Polly was a daughter of George
and Catharine Welder, of Ashland county, who settled
in Ridgeville in 1852, where they died leaving five
children. William has been constable,
supervisor, treasurer form 1872-79, school director and
justice of the peace.
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CALVIN ACKLEY, Gorham, Fayette p. o., a
retired pioneer farmer, was born in Winfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., in 1815,
and was a son of
Sterling and
Lydia
(Bronson) Ackley, of Connecticut.
Lydia died in
Fairfield county, O., in 1837.
They had a family of nine children, but two of whom are now living,
Nancy and
Calvin.
Calvin was married in 1837 to
Gertrude Walker, who was born in New Jersey.
She died in 1865, leaving a family of five children:
Leman, Ellen, Winfield, Edward and
Josephine. He married for his present wife,
Ellen Van Arsdalen, in 1868. She was born in
Fairfield county, O.
Mr. Ackley settled in
Fairfield
county in 1836, and in 1837 he purchased a farm of one hundred acres for which
he paid two and one-half dollars per acre.
In 1840 he settled with his family in Mill Creek township, which was then
Williams
County, but now Gorham,
Fulton
county, where he now resides. He
purchased one hundred and fifty acres for three hundred dollars in 1842, which
he has now cleared and under cultivation.
He was the first postmaster of the town and held that office for several years;
was also a justice of the peace and a member of the school board for many years. He was agent for the Greenland Company for
several thousand acres and was one of the active, influential men of the town. His father resided with him until 1855
when died.
Ellen Ackley married
William Acker and
Josephine Ackley C. A. Snow.
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ANSON MASON
ALDRICH, Gorham, Ritters p. o., was a son of David and Freelove
(Mason) Aldrich who were born and married in
Farmington, Ontario
county, N. Y. They had a family of
eight children, four sons and four daughters, four of whom are now living:
George, Anson M. (born Aug. 5, 1820),
Harriet and
Eliza.
One son, William, enlisted
from Illinois,
served during the war and died at the close;
Angeline (Mrs. James Baker), Laura (Mrs. Phillip Clapp) and
Homer are deceased.
David, the father, died in 1859, and
his wife in Cayuga county, N. Y&., in 1861.
Anson Mason Aldrich was married in 1847, to Mary Holbrook, who was born in Wayne
county, N. Y. They have had a family
of three children: Huldah S., William B.,
Frank G. Mrs. Aldrich was a
daughter of Samuel and Martha Holbrook,
who died when Mary
was an infant. She was brought up by
Samuel Paul, of Sodus, N. Y.
Mr. Aldrich settled in Gorham, coming there from
Ontario
county, N. Y., in 1854, and became engaged in manufacturing lumber. He erected a steam saw-mill in
company with James Baker, and in 1856
purchased his present homestead of eighty acres for which he paid $1,600, and
which is now finely improved and well tilled.
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Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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ARTHUR
ALLEN, Gorham, Fayette p. o., a member of the
firm of J. O.
Allen & Co., proprietors of the Fayette Roller
Mills which were erected in 1858, and now have all
the modern improvements and improved mill machinery,
was born in Clarkson, Monroe county, N. Y., in 1842,
and was a son of
Isaac and Mary
(Terry) Allen, who were born in Enfield, Conn.,
married in 1818, and settled in Monroe county, N.
Y., where they died, she, in 1876, at the age of
sixty-nine years and her husband,
Isaac in 1884, at the age of ninety years.
They had a family of ten children:
Chauncy, Isaac, Mrs. Harriet Little, Mrs. Mary Hobbie, Mrs. Julia
Aldridge, Mrs. Emily Phillips, Charles L. and Arthur. Arthur Allen spent a portion of the year 1862 in Fulton County,
O., but returned to assist his parents in
Monroe
county, N. Y.
In 1865 he joined his brother,
Charles L., in the mercantile business at
Fayette.
The year 1866 he spent in
Bloomington,
Ill., and in 1867 returned to
Fayette where he purchased an interest in the flour
mills.
He was married in 1869, to
Frances Dubois. They have
had four sons:
George, born 1872; Harry,
born 1875;
Edwin, born
1877;
Terry, born
1884, and one daughter,
Delle Marie,
who died in infancy. Frances
was a daughter of
George F. and Amelia (Deming) Dubois.
George was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., and
Amelia
in Litchfield, Conn. They
settled in Gorham, in 1847.
Mr. Allen
has held most of the township offices.
He has been justice of the peace, township clerk for
a number of terms and a member of the school board
and council.
He is also a member of the firm of Perry & Allen,
now engaged in the general hardware business.
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Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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HON.
CHARLES L. ALLEN. The parents of the
subject of this sketch were natives of New England,
born in the State of Connecticut, but they, at a
very early day, emigrated to Western New York, and
were pioneers of Monroe county. The father was
Isaac and the mother Mary (Terry) Allen.
They never became residents of Ohio, but passed
their lives in New York State, where the father died
in the year 1884, at the ripe old age of ninety-one,
the mother having died in 1876, some eight years
before her husband, and aged about seventy-eight.
Isaac Allen was a somewhat prominent figure in
the early history of the Empire State, and he lived,
moreover, in a region that was fruitful of important
events during the first score of this century's
years. He was an American soldier in the War
of 1812, and fought therein to maintain that
independence the American colonies had gained during
the Revolutionary War; and in this connection it way
it may be stated that during war of 1861-5 his
loyalty and patriotism, and devotion to the Union
arms were almost remarkable, and he even went so far
as to go to the South in the hope that he
notwithstanding his years, might in some manner
assist the Northern army.
In the family of Isaac Allen were ten children,
and of them, all save one are still living.
Three of the sons now reside in Gorham township,
Fulton county, and are numbered among its highly
respected and enterprising citizens. Isaac
Allen died at hi home in Clarkson, Monroe
county, N. Y., in 1884, and at the funeral ceremony
each of his living children was present, and six of
the sons officiated as bearers of the pall.
Charles Luther Allen, one of the sons of
Isaac Allen, and the subject of this sketch, was
born in the town of Clarkson, N. Y., on the 16th day
of November, in the year 1838. Up to 1859 he
lived at his father's home, but in that year he came
to Fulton county and took up his abode in Gorham but
in that year he came to Fulton county and took up
his abode in Gorham township, where his
brother, Dr. Allen, was then a resident.
Here Charles taught school for a time, but
afterward accepted a position in the store of
Thompson & Cadwell, where he remained until
August, 1861. He then enlisted in Company K,
Thirty-eighth O. I. V., and, upon the organization
of the company, was elected second lieutenant.
In this capacity he served to duty on the staff of
General Shoeppf, commanding the Ohio Brigade.
Some time later Lieutenant Allen was promoted
to first lieutenant and made regimental
quartermaster, serving as such nearly a year, when
he was assigned to duty as regimental adjutant.
On Jan. 1, 1864, Lieutenant Allen, on account of
disabilities that unfitted him for active field
service, resigned, which resignation being accepted,
he returned to Fayette the same month. For the
succeeding four or five months Mr. Allen
acted as enrolling officer at Fayette, and rendered
efficient service in that capacity during the latter
part of the war.
In Oct., 1865 Charles L. Allen was married to
Susan Gamber, the daughter of Henry and Mary
Gamber, of Fayette. Of this marriage two
children have been born.
In this same year Mr. Allen engaged in the
mercantile business at Fayette in partnership with
his brother, Joseph O. Allen, which firm
relations were maintained and the business conducted
with a fair degree of success for about four years,
when our subject became its sole owner and so
continued for a period of about ten years, when the
mercantile department was disposed of, and he
thereafter continued the produce dealing branch
until the month of Nov., 1885, when this department
was discontinued.
In this year the Bank of Fayette was established, and
in it Mr. Allen took an interest; he was
chosen its cashier and has so acted to the present
time, having practically the management of its
business. The success of this well conducted
and growing institution fully attests the business
capacity of our subject.
During the years 1880-1 Mr. Allen represented
Fulton county in the sixty-fourth General Assembly
of the State, and upon the expiration of his first
term was re-elected to the sixty-fifth General
Assembly.
Upon the organization of Gorham Lodge, No. 387, F. and
A. M., Charles L. Allen was one of its charter
members; he is also a member of the Stout Post, G.
A. R., and A. D. C. on the staff of the department
commander.
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Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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RELMON D. AMSBAUGH,
Gorham, Fayette, p. o., was born
in Richland county, in 1855 and was a son of
George I. and Lavina (Hopp) Amsbaugh, who were born in
Richland
county. Their parents were natives
of Pennsylvania.
George settled in Gorham in
1855, as a farmer. He had a family
of five children:
Rissa, Relmon D., Frances L., Cassius O.,
Jannie D. George and
Lavina were married May 3, 1851.
George was born Oct. 15, 1825, and
was a son of Adam and Tenia Amsbaugh, who were from Indiana
county, Penn.
Relmon D. was married Mar. 16, 1881,
to Estella E. Gay, who was born in
Gorham township, in 1858. They have
two children:
Willard Mace and
George L.
Estella was a daughter of
Willard E. and Adelia (Mace) Gay.
Adelia was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., in 1823, and her husband in
Herkimer county, N. Y., Mar. 27, 185.
They were married in 1842.
Mr. Gay settled in
Ohio, in 1841 and purchased his
farm and was married in Gorham township.
They two children: Theodore L. and Estella E. Mr. Gay died Dec. 2,
1880, and his wife, June 16, 1883.
Mr. Gay was an influential citizen. His parents settled in Gorham
township in 1839. His father was
born in 1778 and died in 1840, and his mother was born in 1785 and died in 1867.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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ADAM ANDRE, Franklin, Tedrow p. o., one of the pioneer of Franklin, Fulton county, was born in Luzerne county, Penn., in 1815, and was a son of Jacob and Mary (Bridinger) Andre, of Pennsylvania. They were of
German parentage and settled in Seneca county, O., in 1834, with a family of ten
children, where the parents died.
Six of the children are now living: Adam,
Jacob, Elizabeth, Edward, Susan, and
Rebecca. Those deceased are
Catharine, Peter, John and Mary. Adam settled in
Franklin township in 1845 and purchased a farm of eighty acres, for
which he paid four hundred and fifty dollars.
He now owns two hundred acres of the best farm land, and one hundred and
forty acres of well improved. He was
married in 1848 to Sarah Jane Provines,
who died in 1850, leaving one son, Thomas
J. He was married the second
time, Aug. 12, 1852, to Laura E. Rogers,
of Elmira.
They have had one son, Valorous P. Mr. Andre has held all of the
township offices; was justice of the peace for six years, treasurer, trustee,
supervisor, etc. His brother,
Edwin, served in the late war as a
first lieutenant.
Mr. Andre is a grower of graded stock
and makes a specialty of registered hogs.
He was an early carpenter and builder but now has retired.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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STEPHEN S.
ATKINSON, Dover, Ottokee p. o., superintendent of the county
infirmary,
was born in Piscataquis county, Me., in 1824, and was a son of
Amos and Dorcas Ann Atkinson, who
settled in Medina county, O., in 1841, where they died,
Amos in 1884, at the age of ninety-six years. They
had a family of nine children, five of whom are now living:
Stephen S., Amos G., Celia A., Sarah J.
and Olive C. Stephen S. was
married in 1853 to Nancy
Bachelor, of Milan, Erie county.
They had a family of four children, two of whom are now living:
Mary Jane and
Fred Nathaniel. Mr. Atkinson settled in
Fulton county in 1860, came to Swan Creek and
served as justice of the peace for one term, and settled in Dover in 1886.
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DAVID AYERS,
Dover, Tedrow p.o., one of the pioneers of Dover
township, was born in Wayne county, O., in 1828 and settled
in Dover in 1836 with his parents, Moses and Elizabeth
(Chrisman) Ayers. Elizabeth was born in Maryland
and her husband, Moses, in Pennsylvania. They
were married in Wayne county, O., in 1826, and had a family
of seven children: Solomon C., David,
Saphrona, Isabel, Gideon, Isaac and James P.
David and Gideon are the only ones now living.
Solomon C. was a physician and died Jan. 18, 1885,
leaving a widow and two children. Gideon
enlisted and served through the war, was wounded in an
Indian engagement. The mother Elizabeth, died
in 1855,and Moses died in Lenawee county, Mich., in
1884, at the age of seventy-nine years. Moses
was a justice of the peace for many years and also held
other town offices. His second wife was Altha
Southworth. David Ayres was married in 1858 to
Elizabeth Ann Bayes, who was born in Holmes county, in
1835. They have had three children: Aylett
W., Nettie O. and Merritt. Elizabeth was a
daughter of William and Mary (Tedrow) Bayes. Mr.
Ayers has been county treasurer for years, justice of
the peace for seventeen years, town clerk, town treasurer
and also held other minor offices. He is engaged in
general farming and now has a farm of two hundred and twenty
acres purchased on settlement in 1838, at one dollar twenty
five per acre.
† Source: History of
Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888
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